Insectivorous Plants

About this eBook

Author

Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882

Credits

Sue Asscher and David Widger

Language

English

LoC Class

QK: Science: Botany

Subject

Plants -- Assimilation

Category

Text

eBook-No.

5765

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5765

Release Date

May 1, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.INSECTIVOROUS PLANTS — By Charles Darwin — CONTENTS
2. 2.DETAILED TABLE OF CONTENTS.
3. 3.INSECTIVOROUS PLANTS.
4. 4.CHAPTER I. DROSERA ROTUNDIFOLIA, OR THE COMMON SUN-DEW.
5. 5.CHAPTER II. THE MOVEMENTS OF THE TENTACLES FROM THE CONTACT OF SOLID BODIES.
6. 6.CHAPTER III. AGGREGATION OF THE PROTOPLASM WITHIN THE CELLS OF THE TENTACLES.
7. 7.CHAPTER IV. THE EFFECTS OF HEAT ON THE LEAVES.
8. 8.CHAPTER V. THE EFFECTS OF NON-NITROGENOUS AND NITROGENOUS ORGANIC FLUIDS ON THE LEAVES.
9. 9.CHAPTER VI. THE DIGESTIVE POWER OF THE SECRETION OF DROSERA.
10. 10.CHAPTER VII. THE EFFECTS OF SALTS OF AMMONIA.
11. 11.CHAPTER VIII. THE EFFECTS OF VARIOUS OTHER SALTS AND ACIDS ON THE LEAVES.
12. 12.CHAPTER IX. THE EFFECTS OF CERTAIN ALKALOID POISONS, OTHER SUBSTANCES AND VAPOURS.
13. 13.CHAPTER X. ON THE SENSITIVENESS OF THE LEAVES, AND ON THE LINES OF TRANSMISSION OF THE MOTOR IMPULSE.
14. 14.CHAPTER XI. RECAPITULATION OF THE CHIEF OBSERVATIONS ON DROSERA ROTUNDIFOLIA.
15. 15.CHAPTER XII. ON THE STRUCTURE AND MOVEMENTS OF SOME OTHER SPECIES OF DROSERA.
16. 16.CHAPTER XIII. DIONAEA MUSCIPULA.
17. 17.CHAPTER XIV. ALDROVANDA VESICULOSA.
18. 18.CHAPTER XV. DROSOPHYLLUM—RORIDULA—BYBLIS—GLANDULAR HAIRS OF OTHER PLANTS—CONCLUDING REMARKS ON THE DROSERACEÆ.
19. 19.CHAPTER XVI. PINGUICULA.
20. 20.CHAPTER XVII. UTRICULARIA.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVIII. UTRICULARIA (continued).
22. 22.CONCLUSION.
23. 23.INDEX.

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